HIGHLIGHTS EASTERN REGION 2100 H

Kolkata, Jun 20 (PTI) Following are the top stories of the eastern region at 2100 hours.

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Patna: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today says his party will go with other opposition parties in their choice for a presidential candidate.

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Patna: BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today demands sacking of Lalu Prasads minister sons -- Tejashwi and Tej Pratap -- from Bihar government, a day after the Income Tax Department charged six family members of the RJD chief under anti-benami assets Act in connection with its probe into alleged land deals worth Rs 1,000 crore.

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Kolkata: Arrested former Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan has been brought here from Chennai and taken to the Presidency correctional home (jail) where he complained of chest pain.

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Kolkata: Congress in West Bengal today receives a jolt as two of its MLAs - Sankar Singha and Arindam Bhattacharya - joined Trinamool Congress.

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Guwahati: Flood situation in Assam remains critical in four district with 38,000 people still affected in the deluge, even as some areas showed signs of improvement.

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Shillong: Anti-railway pressure groups in Meghalaya today threatens to further intensify their protests if Chief Minister Mukul Sangma refuses to hold talks with them on the issue of extension of railways up to the state capital here.

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Kolkata: To allay the fears of the exporting community, the commerce ministry today says that enforcement would not be harsh during the initial period of GST implementation from July 1.

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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) has served a show cause notice to the Indian Oil Corporation, Paradip Refinery Project to explain its stand on alleged violation of land lease deed and allocation of terms and conditions.